Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Countryside

This large painting can be found above the fireplace in the lounge of the Vet's Centre at Sunnybrook. The artist has used a lot of license with the poppies at the bottom leading to farmland and an inland lighthouse but I like it and it certainly lights up the room!

19 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

that is SO cool! love the vertical stretch of it!

VP said...

A bit unreal, quite sad, and really moving!

Sharon said...

I like it too! I can't get over how big it is.

William Kendall said...

The poppies make it ideal for its location.

cieldequimper said...

Oh I love the poppies and red barn!!

LOLfromPasa said...

It is massive and I like it too!

jennyfreckles said...

Really lovely. I like the vertical framing of it and how it leads your eye into the distance.

genie said...

Well, I say ok. The poppies are so important to the Canadians that served and died by the thousands in WWI that I can understand why he would put them and the gravestones in them. I went to many cemeteries in France and Belgium, and in Belgium, in particular, I think the Canadians way outnumbered the rest of the lives lost. I do not think Americans have a clue to what your people did for us. They are way too young. I am one of the few left who had a WWI veteran as my father. If I were a Canadian veteran, I would want to go here.

Lowell said...

It would be interesting to get the artist's take on this work. Perhaps the poppies and gravestones placed up front indicate that they represent the sacrifice of people in all parts of the country. I like the painting very much!

Cloudia said...

Probably a vet artist - and I like it too

Revrunner said...

Whoa! That fireplace nearly disappears underneath all that.

Luis Gomez said...

So wonderful!

Michelle said...

I love the perspective of this painting and those poppies.

Halcyon said...

I love the scale of it. And the motifs do light up the room!

Karl said...

I like this painting, Pat !

Tom said...

a nice view from here

21 Wits said...

Now that stands out well!

Stephanie said...

Beautiful art piece!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

The colours are so lovely on this one Pat, the reds and greens always work well. What a lovely work for the vets office.